Car-fender.



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' To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Avplication filed April 14,1905. .Serial No. 255,555.

Be it known that I, JOHN WESLEY PRITCH- ETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holly Springs, in the county of Marshall. and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Car-Fenders, of which the following is aspecification. i

This invention relates to a fender designed 7. more especially for locomotives, and has for its object the retaining upon-the lower portion of the fender any object'which may be i struck by the en ine, thereby preventing the said object from eing killed by being thrown against some object,suoh as a telegraph-pole,

tree, or'otherobstac le The invention consists of a solid fender carried by the pilotiof the engine andalways resting in a downwardly-inclined position and an upper fender formed of network adapted to e dropped over the lower fender when tripped, the two fenders comprising jaws the upper one of which is movable and adapted 'to hold upon the lower fender any object that may .be struck bythe said lower fender. I --i In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device in its normal position. Fig. 2 isalongitudinal sectional view showing the device with the upper fender in a trippedp'osition; 'Fig. 3is a detail sectional view showing the manner of hinging the rear portions of the upper and lower fenders. a

In the drawings, A'represents what may be termed as the lower jawof the device and which consists of a solid downwardlyinclined fender mounted" upon a suitable truck B, which is provided with wheels B, adapted to travel upon the truck in advance of-the pilot-truck of theengine. Upon the pilot-beam C of the engine I place angled rackets C, to which are pivotally connected links D, and to these links are pivotally connected the rear free ends of the U-shaped frame D, the said frame havinga straight 'yoke member D whichextends parallel to the lower edge of the jaw A, and the side members of the frame D are adapted to work through eyes A, carried by the jaw or fender A. The upper jaw consists of the rectangular frame E ,which is provided with angled armsE at its rear end, and the said arms are hinged to the links D. A suitable network E is arran ed loosely on the frame E and forms a net a apted to inclose any object'whi'ch may be resting'upon the fender A. The fender A is provided with cars A at its rear end, which are pivoted to suitable ears E carried by the frame E, adjacent but in advance of the arms E.

In operation the parts are so balanced that the frame E, which with its network forms the upper or movable jaw,- would be upwardly and forwardly inclined, as shown in Fig. 1. Any object upon the track when struck by the fender A would also come into contact with the yoke member D of the frame D, and the said frame would beforced rearwardly, its side members sliding in the eyes A, and this sliding movement would first throw the links D and the arms E into alinement and then into a position at an angle to each other opposite to that occupied, in their normal position, thereby dropping the movable jaw, consisting of the frame E and net E downward and into a position parallel to the fender or lower jaw A, and the network E would inclose the object caught by the fender A and prevent its being thrown therefrom. I

,Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure b y Letters Patent, is

1 A deviceof the kind described comprising a stationary fender, a fender pivotally mounted upon the stationary fender and adapted to normally rest in a position at an angle to the stationary fender, and a slidable frame carried by-the stationary fender and normally projecting in advance of the same, and means for connecting the rear portion of said slidable frame to the pivoted fender, the said pivoted fender falling upon the stationary fender upon rearward movement of the slidable frame.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a downwardly-inclined fender, a truck supporting the same, a slidable U-shaped frame, eyes on. the fender engaging side members of the U-shaped frame, links pivotally connecting the said U-shaped frame to the object carrying the fender, a rectangular frame having angled arms hinged to the links, the said frame being pivotally connected to the rear end portion of the fender and a network carried by the said frame.

JOHN WESLEY PRITCHETT.

Witnesses:

E. M. HALL, G. P. HARRISON, Jr.

Patented. Oct. 16, 1906. 

